Melatonin alleviates nickel phytotoxicity by improving photosynthesis, secondary metabolism and oxidative stress tolerance in tomato seedlings

MS Jahan, S Guo, AR Baloch, J Sun, S Shu… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2020 - Elsevier
Arable land contamination with nickel (Ni) has become a major threat to worldwide crop
production. Recently, melatonin has appeared as a promising stress-relief substance that …

Melatonin mitigates nickel toxicity by improving nutrient uptake fluxes, root architecture system, photosynthesis, and antioxidant potential in tomato seedling

MA Altaf, R Shahid, MX Ren, MM Altaf… - Journal of Soil Science …, 2021 - Springer
Globally, crop production has been widely threatened by contamination of arable lands with
heavy metals including Nickel (Ni). Stress-relief molecule melatonin (ME) has been widely …

Melatonin enhanced the heavy metal-stress tolerance of pepper by mitigating the oxidative damage and reducing the heavy metal accumulation

MA Altaf, Y Hao, H Shu, MA Mumtaz, S Cheng… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Heavy metals (HMs), like vanadium (V), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd), and nickel (Ni)
toxicity due to anthropogenic, impair plant growth and yield, which is a challenging issue for …

Melatonin alleviates heat-induced damage of tomato seedlings by balancing redox homeostasis and modulating polyamine and nitric oxide biosynthesis

MS Jahan, S Shu, Y Wang, Z Chen, M He, M Tao… - BMC Plant …, 2019 - Springer
Background Melatonin is a pleiotropic signaling molecule that plays multifarious roles in
plants stress tolerance. The polyamine (PAs) metabolic pathway has been suggested to …

Melatonin alleviates copper toxicity via improving ROS metabolism and antioxidant defense response in tomato seedlings

T Zhang, Y Wang, X Ma, Z Ouyang, L Deng, S Shen… - Antioxidants, 2022 - mdpi.com
The excessive accumulation of copper (Cu2+) has become a threat to worldwide crop
production. Recently, it was revealed that melatonin (MT) could play a crucial role against …

Exogenous melatonin alleviates NO2 damage in tobacco leaves by promoting antioxidant defense, modulating redox homeostasis, and signal transduction

Y Wang, D Guo, J Wang, B Tian, Y Li, G Sun… - Journal of Hazardous …, 2022 - Elsevier
Nitrogen dioxide (NO 2) is a common outdoor air pollutant, which has adverse effects on the
environment and human health. Herein, NO 2 inhibited photosynthesis and antioxidant …

Melatonin mitigates cadmium phytotoxicity through modulation of phytochelatins biosynthesis, vacuolar sequestration, and antioxidant potential in Solanum …

MK Hasan, GJ Ahammed, L Yin, K Shi, X Xia… - Frontiers in Plant …, 2015 - frontiersin.org
Melatonin is a ubiquitous signal molecule, playing crucial roles in plant growth and stress
tolerance. Recently, toxic metal cadmium (Cd) has been reported to regulate melatonin …

[HTML][HTML] Exogenously applied melatonin enhanced the tolerance of Brassica napus against cobalt toxicity by modulating antioxidant defense, osmotic adjustment, and …

S Ali, RA Gill, Z Ulhassan, N Zhang, S Hussain… - Ecotoxicology and …, 2023 - Elsevier
The excessive accumulation of cobalt (Co) in plant tissues severely impairs plant growth that
ultimately reduces the yield. However, melatonin (MT) has been known to mediate the …

Melatonin and nitric oxide: Dual players inhibiting hazardous metal toxicity in soybean plants via molecular and antioxidant signaling cascades

M Imran, AL Khan, BG Mun, S Bilal, S Shaffique… - Chemosphere, 2022 - Elsevier
Melatonin (MT), a ubiquitous signaling molecule, is known to improve plant growth. Its
regulatory function alongside nitric oxide (NO) is known to induce heavy metal (Cd and Pb) …

Anthocyanin synthesis is critical for melatonin-induced chromium stress tolerance in tomato

S Sun, A Liu, Z Li, T Guo, S Chen… - Journal of hazardous …, 2023 - Elsevier
Chromium (Cr) is a toxic heavy metal for both animals and plants. The multifunctional
signaling molecule melatonin can confer plant tolerance to heavy metal stress, but the …